1Lent and Easter Lent, which begins on Ash Wednesday, is a 40-day season immediately prior to Easter. Lent is a time for Catholic Christians to renew their commitment to Christ. The USCCB explains that the "three traditional pillars of Lenten observance are prayer, fasting and almsgiving." F...
In September, Jews celebrated Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. The occasion is a more somber affair as Jews believe that Rosh Hashanah is a time when God enters judgment on the actions of the Jews for the previous year and there are many special prayers at the synagogue. Ten days ...
but Luke says the disciples stayed in Jerusalem the whole time, saw Jesus ascend near its borders, and then stayed in Jerusalem until the day of Pentecost. They can’t both be correct and when one considers all the other conflicting accounts...
And a few thousand years ago, Psalm 48:8 declared Jerusalem to be the“City of the LORD,”— but not just any Lord. This LORD is specifically identified by name as YHWH — the covenant name that the Most High God first revealed to Moses. We find throughout the Psalms and Prophets tha...
Moody said: "Young men, I can't see any reason why we shouldn't kneel down here right now and ask God that the Holy Ghost may fall upon us just as definitely as He fell upon the apostles on the Day of Pentecost. Let us pray." And we did pray, there on the mountainside. As ...
Compare Babel to Pentecost or you can think about something like the nature of Protestant denominationalism. No one Protestant group has ever been able to convince all the other Protestant groups that they’ve got all the truth and everyone should become Presbyterian Baptist, fill in the blank....
Easter is a Christian holiday that celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In the New Testament of the Bible, this is said to have occurred on the third day of his burial after his crucifixion. Jesus's resurrection is seen in Christianity as a victory over death....
Hanukkah, also called the Festival of Lights, is a major Jewish holidays. It is celebrated for eight days in either late November or December. During Hanukkah, Jews celebrate and remember a miracle that occurred in their heritage. Answer and Explanation: ...
This is the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles, and let me ask as I used to ask year after year in times past, why are we here? Well let me say once again, as I have said so many times through the years, we are here to look forward into, and to as it were, enjoy a...
Receiving the Holy Spirit once more at Pentecost, she was able to die without sin. Because of her special role in the Divine Plan (“economy” or “dispensation”), she was taken into the heavens, body and soul. She now sits at the foot of her Son, making intercession for all those ...